13 hours ago, Mangø said:

Hot take but TIWWCF > We Found Love

Agreed!

1. ZARA LARSSON (Fave)

2. SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR

3. BANANARAMA

4. MARINA

5. SAM SMITH

6. KATE BUSH

7. SAM FENDER

8. ADELE

9. TEXAS

10. FONTAINES DC

11. DEPECHE MODE

12. GARY NUMAN

13. TOM GRENNAN

14. DARIN

15. NEW ORDER

01 Bananarama - Cruel Summer

02 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

03 New Order - Ceremony

04 Kate Bush - Babooshka

05 Gary Numan - Intruder

06 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

07 Depeche Mode - People Are People

08 Zara Larsson - All the Time

09 Sam Fender - Getting Started

10 Sam Smith - Like I Can

11 Texas - Halo

12 MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

13 Adele - Oh My God

14 Darin - Electric

15 Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

time for Bananarama to shine in my votes now as 'Cruel Summer' is a top tier sad banger

1. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Get Over You (why has this and Murder been used 😧) 

2. Tom Grennan - Royal Highness (his mentor ranked me last every round but i dont mind 🤣🤣) 

3. Texas - Halo 

4. Adele - Oh My God 

5. Sam Smith - Like I Can 

6. Darin - Electric 

7. Zara Larsson - All The Time 

8. Kate Bush - Babooshka 

9. Gary Numan - Intruder 

10. Depeche Mode - People are People 

11. 02 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

12. Marina - How To Be A Heartbreaker 

13. Bananarama - Cruel Summer 

14. Sam Fender - Getting Started 

15. New Order - Ceremony

01; Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

02; Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

03; Bananarama - Cruel Summer

04; Gary Numan - Intruder

05; Kate Bush - Babooshka

06; New Order - Ceremony

07; Texas - Halo

08; Depeche Mode - People Are People

09; Sam Fender - Getting Started

10; MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

11; Zara Larsson - All the Time

12; Sam Smith - Like I Can

13; Adele - Oh My God

14; Darin - Electric

15; Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

Great picks from the top 3, otherwise not the most vintage round but a lot of these have better to come. M83's entry would've been this cut from their sophomore album (continuing with the list in the other thread):

Zara Larsson (favourite)

Sophie Ellis Bextor

Bananarama

Marina

Sam Smith

Sam Fender

Adele

Texas

Kate Bush

Darin

Fontaines DC

Depeche Mode

Tom Grennan

Gary Numan

New Order (least favourite)

01. Zara Larsson - All the Time [FAVOURITE]

02. Texas - Halo

03. MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

04. Sam Smith - Like I Can

05. Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

06. Sam Fender - Getting Started

07. Bananarama - Cruel Summer

08. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

09. Gary Numan - Intruder

10. Darin - Electric

11. Depeche Mode - People Are People

12. Kate Bush - Babooshka

13. New Order - Ceremony

14. Adele - Oh My God

15. Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

'All The Time' really is one of the finest pop songs ever made. Just incredible. I didn't know that Texas song by name but I have definitely heard it before and I actually think this is my favourite song of theirs! HTBAH is so good! Such a great choice for this round. 'Like I Can' has always been my favourite song by Sam Smith! JADE connection to the 'Starburster' music video >>>> hehe jk. But the song is great! Like that Sam song but it's not a favourite of mine! The obvious choice for Bananarama and it's a bop. Didn't recognise that SE-B song by name either, but I have heard it and it's a bop. Imagine my SHOCK that I ranked Gary Numan above Darin... CHEESEBLOCK! Both are bops but there was something a bit movie-esque about Numan's!

Depeche Mode's kinda washed over me, oops. Kate just isn't really for me on the whole tbh. New Order... last song in the order but the most forgettable? Never been a fan of that Adele song. Always found it annoying and Tom's vocals are horrendous, I couldn't stand it. Sorry!

EDIT:

I think I'd have gone for the deep cut 'Glassheart' for Leona in this round:

35 minutes ago, Tafty said:

01. Zara Larsson - All the Time [FAVOURITE]

02. Texas - Halo

03. MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

04. Sam Smith - Like I Can

05. Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

06. Sam Fender - Getting Started

07. Bananarama - Cruel Summer

08. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

09. Gary Numan - Intruder

10. Darin - Electric

11. Depeche Mode - People Are People

12. Kate Bush - Babooshka

13. New Order - Ceremony

14. Adele - Oh My God

15. Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

'All The Time' really is one of the finest pop songs ever made. Just incredible. I didn't know that Texas song by name but I have definitely heard it before and I actually think this is my favourite song of theirs! HTBAH is so good! Such a great choice for this round. 'Like I Can' has always been my favourite song by Sam Smith! JADE connection to the 'Starburster' music video >>>> hehe jk. But the song is great! Like that Sam song but it's not a favourite of mine! The obvious choice for Bananarama and it's a bop. Didn't recognise that SE-B song by name either, but I have heard it and it's a bop. Imagine my SHOCK that I ranked Gary Numan above Darin... CHEESEBLOCK! Both are bops but there was something a bit movie-esque about Numan's!

Depeche Mode's kinda washed over me, oops. Kate just isn't really for me on the whole tbh. New Order... last song in the order but the most forgettable? Never been a fan of that Adele song. Always found it annoying and Tom's vocals are horrendous, I couldn't stand it. Sorry!

EDIT:

I think I'd have gone for the deep cut 'Glassheart' for Leona in this round:

Oh I love Glassheart, would deffo have been high for me! 🥰

1 Depeche Mode - People Are People

2 Sam Fender - Getting Started

3 Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

4 Texas - Halo

5 Bananarama - Cruel Summer

6 New Order - Ceremony

7 Kate Boosh - Babooshka

8 Darin - Electric

9 Zara Larsson - All the Time

10 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

11 Sam Smith - Like I Can

12 MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

13 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

14 Adele - Oh My God

15 Gary Numan - Intruder

I have to say I think is one of the best of all the rounds we have had so far, I am listening to all the songs and so far I really love all but 3. A few of them are the strongest songs for acts that have been sent so far! ❤️ Excellent play!

1st Depeche Mode - People Are People the lyrics to this are eternally relevant

2nd New Order - Ceremony a Joy Division song which New Order re-recorded after Ian Curtis died, I hope it keeps them in the competition

3rd Gary Numan - Intruder another good recent song from him

4th Kate Bush - Babooshka not one of my favourites by her but still well ahead of 5th place and the right song to send at this stage

5th Bananarama - Cruel Summer my favourite from them apart from the two songs they did with Fun Boy Three

6th Fontaines D.C. - Starburster I wasn't expecting the theme tune to MobLand, I didn't know it was by this group

7th Texas - Halo

8th Bobby Darin - Electric

9th Marina, Aquamarina - How To Be A Heartbreaker

10th Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

11th Adele - Oh My God

12th Sam Smith - Like I Can

13th Sam Fender - Getting Started

14th Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

15th Zara Larsson - All The Time

01 MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker

02 Zara Larsson - All the Time

03 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You

04 Tom Grennan - Royal Highness

05 Adele - Oh My God

06 Darin - Electric

07 Texas - Halo

08 Bananarama - Cruel Summer

09 Sam Smith - Like I Can

10 Kate Bush - Babooshka

11 Sam Fender - Getting Started

12 New Order - Ceremony

13 Depeche Mode - People Are People

14 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

15 Gary Numan - Intruder